In Episode 4, I talk about the aftermath of my choice Sunday night, and the primary feelings for giving up my video game lust. It’s a short episode. I’m also removing these from the top ticker going forward, except for “Important” episodes. These casual daily ones have value to me, but I don’t think they’re as big of value as some of the posts that should dominate my top...

Starting up a new audio cast. This is just going to be a bit of a web log kinda thing. Shows will come as they come, and it’ll be me talking about me. Short, sweet, minimum edits,...

There’s a growing discussion of the merit of video games and their place in society. Some critics exclaim that games can never be art or of real social altering values. That games are far too simple, overt, and frankly lame compared to the likes of the novel, the movie, and the opera. Others will shout from the rooftops that games can and have passed this barrier. That the likes of the visuals or story of games can and do have...

In  2000, Edios Interactive augmented us, suited us up with augmentations that made us tougher, stronger, and deadlier as we took on the role of Agent JC Denton. In Deus Ex, JC is the latest in a line of powerful advanced humans, upgraded and molded by science to become something stronger. The events that surround him, his brother, a powerful arm of the government, and an ages old shadow government will take him through some of America’s...

Monday morning I did something I haven’t done in a long time. I killed every single game on my main computer. Around 350GB’s worth of data went poof and now my computer is sitting defragmenting and wondering what’s to come. Why did I decide to remove so many games all of a sudden? I haven’t been able to resist them is why. This past weekend was supposed to be a game free window of writing, projects, and efficiency. I fumbled that...